EP0645308A1 - Method and packaging machine for unloading vessels from transport containers - Google Patents

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EP0645308A1
EP0645308A1 EP94112602A EP94112602A EP0645308A1 EP 0645308 A1 EP0645308 A1 EP 0645308A1 EP 94112602 A EP94112602 A EP 94112602A EP 94112602 A EP94112602 A EP 94112602A EP 0645308 A1 EP0645308 A1 EP 0645308A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a method for removing vessels from transport containers and a packaging machine suitable for this purpose according to the preamble of claim 14.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of improving a method and a suitable packaging machine of the type mentioned.
  • This object is achieved in that a vessel located in a transport container is removed from a controllable gripping member and the gripping member can be guided past several vessel delivery stations, the vessel depending on certain features being selectively released by the gripping member at one of the vessel delivery stations.
  • a test device arranged in a stationary manner in the infeed area of the packing machine is suitable for this purpose, which is connected to the gripping members by means of signal and control lines, if necessary via sliding contacts.
  • gripping members with integrated or directly assigned sensors or devices for recognizing certain vascular features, such as color, shoulder contour or height, can be used. Gripping members with assigned color detection sensors are known from DE-GM 93 14 112.2. If a vessel cannot be assigned to any of the vessel delivery stations when the characteristics are determined, it can either remain in the transport container or be fed to a vessel delivery station that is specially provided for receiving foreign vessels.
  • the supply of the transport containers, the removal of the containers from the transport containers, the placement of the containers at the individual container delivery stations and the removal of the Vessels from the vascular delivery stations can be carried out in cycles.
  • the conveying device for supplying the transport containers and the conveying means assigned to the individual vessel dispensing stations can be arranged parallel to one another, the gripping members being guided past the individual vessel dispensing stations, in particular transversely to the conveying means, one after the other, and after reaching them return to the vial removal station at the last vial delivery station.
  • a method and a packing machine provided for this purpose are more efficient, in which the gripping members are guided continuously with a constant sense of rotation on a closed movement path. This trajectory can lie essentially in a horizontal or vertical plane.
  • the supply of the transport containers and the removal of the containers parked at the individual container delivery stations can advantageously take place continuously.
  • Another advantage is that the continuous mode of operation allows the use of a plurality of packing heads spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, each consisting of a group of gripping members. High work rates can be achieved with a continuously operating packaging machine.
  • the vessel dispensing stations can also lie in a common horizontal plane be staggered one after the other along the orbit. It is conceivable to arrange the vessel dispensing stations offset in height in the direction of rotation, for example in a step-like manner.
  • the conveying means assigned to the individual container dispensing stations can advantageously be arranged in parallel with the conveyor to feed the transport containers and be aligned with the latter. With this arrangement of the conveying means, the operating personnel have very good access to all important areas of the packaging machine from one side.
  • FIG. 1 An exemplary embodiment is explained below with reference to the figure.
  • a packaging machine for unpacking bottles from bottle crates is shown schematically in a side view.
  • the packing machine essentially consists of a vertically oriented, stationary frame plate 14 on which a continuously rotatable carrier 13 is rotatably mounted.
  • the packing machine has a total of four packing heads 4, each consisting of a group of gripping members 3.
  • Each packing head 4 is fastened to the rotating carrier 13 by means of a controllable suspension 12.
  • a Suspension 12 consists of a total of four lever arms 15, 16, 17, 18, wherein the lever arms 15 and 16 are pivotally mounted on the rotating carrier 13.
  • the lever arm 16 is connected to the lever arm 17 and this to the lever arm 18 carrying the packing head 4, while the lever arm 15 is directly articulated to the lever arm 18.
  • the frame plate 14 is equipped with two groove curves 19 and 20, a cam roller 15 ′ attached to the lever arm 15 engaging in the groove curve 20 and a cam roller 16 ′ attached to the lever arm 16 engaging in the groove curve 19.
  • the groove curves 19 and 20 are designed so that the packing heads 4 move approximately on the orbit 21 shown when the carrier 13 rotates.
  • the packing heads 4 are always kept in a horizontal position by a gear mechanism (not shown) during a complete revolution.
  • the gripping members 3 of the packing heads 4 are each equipped with an integrated sensor 5 for color recognition.
  • a control device 7 is arranged on each packing head 4, which is connected to the sensors 5 and controls the gripping function of the gripping members 3 taking into account the recognized bottle color.
  • This control device 7 is also connected to a position transmitter, not shown, which indicates the current rotational position of the rotating carrier 13.
  • Bottle crates 2 filled with unsorted empties are fed in the direction of the arrow to the packaging machine by a box conveyor 8 running horizontally near the floor.
  • Parallel to the box conveyor 8 are three conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 vertically offset, the conveyor belt 9 is assigned to the first vessel delivery station II, the conveyor belt 10 to the second vessel delivery station III and the conveyor belt 11 to the third vessel delivery station IV.
  • the conveyor belts 9 and 10 are driven in the same direction as the box conveyor 8, while the conveyor belt 11 is driven in opposite directions. Both the box conveyor 8 and the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 are continuously driven synchronously with the carrier 13 of the packaging machine.
  • the groove curves 19 and 20 which determine the orbit 21 are designed such that the packing heads 4 and their gripping members 3 each have a horizontal movement component which corresponds to the conveying speed in the region of the vessel removal station I and the vessel delivery stations II, III, IV.
  • a complete working cycle of a packing head 4 begins with the immersion of the gripping elements 3 in a bottle crate 2 in the area of the container removal station I. As soon as the height of the gripping granes has reached the bottle heads, all gripping elements 3 of the packing head 4 are moved into the access position by the control device 7, so that subsequently all bottles 1 located in a bottle crate 2 are lifted out of the latter and transported in the direction of the first container dispensing station II. During this, the color of each individual bottle is determined by the sensors 5 on the gripping members 3. When the first vessel dispensing station II is reached, the control device 7, for example, only moves those gripping members 3 of the packing head 4 into the release position transferred, which have previously taken a white glass bottle from the bottle crate 2.
  • All other gripping members 3 remain in the access position. As a result, only white glass bottles are released at Vessel Delivery Station II. The packing head 4 with the other, differently colored bottles 1 is then lifted off the conveyor belt 9 and transferred in the direction of the second container dispensing station III. At this station, the control device 7 causes, for example, the release of all the green glass bottles on the conveyor belt 10 assigned to the delivery station, in that the respective gripping members 3 are actuated accordingly and change over to the handle release position. In the subsequent third vessel delivery station IV, all the other gripping members 3 still in the access position are actuated, so that the remaining bottles, neither white nor green, for example brown, are placed on the conveyor belt 11.
  • the empty bottles sorted by color can be fed from the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 to a bottle store or packing machines for inserting the sorted bottles into boxes.
  • a bottle store or packing machines for inserting the sorted bottles into boxes.
  • at least one of the conveyor belts leads directly to a bottle cleaning and filling line.

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The invention relates to a method and a packaging machine suitable for this, for unloading vessels from transport containers, with specific vessel features being taken into account. The vessels (1) located in the transport container (2) are unloaded from the latter and can be guided past a plurality of vessel delivery stations (II,III,IV), the individual vessels being releasable at a specific vessel delivery station as a function of one or more features, for example colour or height. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein verfahren zum Entnehmen von Gefäßen aus Transportbehältern gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 und eine hierfür geeignete Packmaschine gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 14.The invention relates to a method for removing vessels from transport containers and a packaging machine suitable for this purpose according to the preamble of claim 14.

Durch die DE 25 34 183 C3 wird bereits vorgeschlagen, vom Verbraucher unsortiert in Kästen zurückkommendes Leergut mehreren hintereinander angeordneten Packmaschinen zuzuführen, wobei jede der Packmaschinen aus den Kästen nur Gefäße mit bestimmten Merkmalen, z.B. Höhe oder Farbe, entnimmt und auf eine zugeordnete Abfördereinrichtung abstellt. Diese Lösung erfordert einen nicht unerheblichen Aufwand, da für jede Gefäßsorte eine eigene Packmaschine vorgesehen werden muß. Ganz abgesehen vom mechanischen und antriebstechnischen Aufwand beansprucht diese Ausführung zur Aufstellung der Packmaschinen und der zugeordneten Fördereinrichtungen reichlich Stellfläche.DE 25 34 183 C3 already suggests to supply empties returning from the consumer unsorted in boxes to several packaging machines arranged one behind the other, each of the packaging machines only taking containers with certain characteristics, for example height or color, from the boxes and placing them on an assigned removal device. This solution requires a not inconsiderable effort, since a separate packaging machine must be provided for each type of container. Quite apart from the mechanical and drive-related effort, this design takes up a lot of floor space for installing the packaging machines and the associated conveyor systems.

Der Erfindung liegt dem zufolge die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren und eine hierfür geeignete Packmaschine der eingangs genannten Art zu verbessern.The invention is therefore based on the object of improving a method and a suitable packaging machine of the type mentioned.

Diese Aufgabe wird dadurch gelöst, daß ein in einem Transportbehälter befindliches Gefäß von einem steuerbaren Greiforgan entnommen wird und das Greiforgan an mehreren Gefäßabgabestationen vorbeiführbar ist, wobei das Gefäß in Abhängigkeit bestimmter Merkmale vom Greiforgan wahlweise an einer der Gefäßabgabestationen freigebbar ist.This object is achieved in that a vessel located in a transport container is removed from a controllable gripping member and the gripping member can be guided past several vessel delivery stations, the vessel depending on certain features being selectively released by the gripping member at one of the vessel delivery stations.

Die Erkennung der maßgebenden Gefäßmerkmale kann vor dem Erfassen und Entnehmen der Gefäße aus dem Transportbehältnis erfolgen. Hierfür eignet sich eine im Einlaufbereich der Packmaschine stationär angeordnete Prüfeinrichtung, die mittels Signal- und Steuerleitungen, erforderlichenfalls über Schleifkontakte, mit den Greiforganen in Verbindung steht. Anstelle dessen können Greiforgane mit integrierten bzw. unmittelbar zugeordneten Sensoren oder Vorrichtungen zur Erkennung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale, wie Farbe, Schulterkontur oder Höhe, verwendet werden. Greiforgane mit zugeordneten Farberkennungssensoren sind aus der DE-GM 93 14 112.2 bekannt. Kann ein Gefäß bei der Merkmalsfeststellung keiner der Gefäßabgabestationen zugeordnet werden, kann es entweder im Transportbehälter verbleiben oder einer speziell zur Aufnahme von Fremdgefäßen vorgesehenen Gefäßabgabestation zugeführt werden.The decisive vessel characteristics can be recognized before the vessels are captured and removed from the transport container. A test device arranged in a stationary manner in the infeed area of the packing machine is suitable for this purpose, which is connected to the gripping members by means of signal and control lines, if necessary via sliding contacts. Instead, gripping members with integrated or directly assigned sensors or devices for recognizing certain vascular features, such as color, shoulder contour or height, can be used. Gripping members with assigned color detection sensors are known from DE-GM 93 14 112.2. If a vessel cannot be assigned to any of the vessel delivery stations when the characteristics are determined, it can either remain in the transport container or be fed to a vessel delivery station that is specially provided for receiving foreign vessels.

Die Zufuhr der Transportbehälter, das Entnehmen der Gefäße aus den Transportbehältern, das Absetzen der Gefäße an den einzelnen Gefäßabgabestationen und das Abtransportieren der Gefäße von den Gefäßabgabestationen kann taktweise erfolgen. Bei einer taktweise arbeitenden Packmaschine können die Fördereinrichtung zur Zufuhr der Transportbehälter und die den einzelnen Gefäßabgabestationen zugeordneten Fördermittel parallel nebeneinander verlaufend angeordnet werden, wobei die Greiforgane von der Gefäßentnahmestation der Reihe nach an den einzelnen Gefäßabgabestationen, insbesondere quer zu den Fördermitteln, vorbeigeführt werden und nach Erreichen der letzten Gefäßabgabestation wieder zur Gefäßentnahmestation zurückkehren.The supply of the transport containers, the removal of the containers from the transport containers, the placement of the containers at the individual container delivery stations and the removal of the Vessels from the vascular delivery stations can be carried out in cycles. In the case of a packing machine operating in cycles, the conveying device for supplying the transport containers and the conveying means assigned to the individual vessel dispensing stations can be arranged parallel to one another, the gripping members being guided past the individual vessel dispensing stations, in particular transversely to the conveying means, one after the other, and after reaching them return to the vial removal station at the last vial delivery station.

Leistungsfähiger ist jedoch ein Verfahren und eine hierfür vorgesehene Packmaschine, bei der die Greiforgane kontinuierlich mit gleichbleibendem Umlaufsinn auf einer geschlossenen Bewegungsbahn geführt werden. Diese Bewegungsbahn kann im wesentlichen in einer horizontalen oder vertikalen Ebene liegen.However, a method and a packing machine provided for this purpose are more efficient, in which the gripping members are guided continuously with a constant sense of rotation on a closed movement path. This trajectory can lie essentially in a horizontal or vertical plane.

Vorteilhafterweise kann bei einer derartigen Lösung die Zufuhr der Transportbehälter und die Abfuhr der an den einzelnen Gefäßabgabestationen abgestellten Gefäße kontinuierlich erfolgen. Ein weiterer Vorteil liegt darin, daß die kontinuierliche Arbeitsweise den Einsatz mehrerer, in Umlaufrichtung zueinander beabstandeter Packköpfe, die jeweils aus einer Gruppe von Greiforganen bestehen, erlaubt. Mit einer kontinuierlich arbeitenden Packmaschine sind hohe Arbeitsleistungen erreichbar.With such a solution, the supply of the transport containers and the removal of the containers parked at the individual container delivery stations can advantageously take place continuously. Another advantage is that the continuous mode of operation allows the use of a plurality of packing heads spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction, each consisting of a group of gripping members. High work rates can be achieved with a continuously operating packaging machine.

Laufen die Greiforgane oder Packköpfe im wesentlichen in einer horizontalen Ebene um, können die Gefäßabgabestationen ebenfalls in einer gemeinsamen horizontalen Ebene liegend entlang der Umlaufbahn nacheinander versetzt angeordnet werden. Es ist denkbar, die Gefäßabgabestationen in Umlaufrichtung auch höhenmäßig, z.B. treppenartig, versetzt anzuordnen.If the gripping members or packing heads run essentially in a horizontal plane, the vessel dispensing stations can also lie in a common horizontal plane be staggered one after the other along the orbit. It is conceivable to arrange the vessel dispensing stations offset in height in the direction of rotation, for example in a step-like manner.

Werden die Greiforgane oder Packköpfe auf einer in einer vertikalen Ebene liegenden Umlaufbahn geführt, können günstigerweise die den einzelnen Gefäßabgabestationen zugeordneten Fördermittel parallel über dem Förderer zur Zufuhr der Transportbehälter verlaufend, zu diesem fluchtend angeordnet werden. Bei dieser Anordnung der Fördermittel ergibt sich für das Bedienungspersonal von einer Seite her eine sehr gute Zugänglichkeit zu allen wichtigen Bereichen der Packmaschine.If the gripping members or packing heads are guided in an orbit lying in a vertical plane, the conveying means assigned to the individual container dispensing stations can advantageously be arranged in parallel with the conveyor to feed the transport containers and be aligned with the latter. With this arrangement of the conveying means, the operating personnel have very good access to all important areas of the packaging machine from one side.

Weitere vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen sind Gegenstand der Unteransprüche.Further advantageous embodiments are the subject of the dependent claims.

Nachfolgend wird ein Ausführungsbeispiel anhand der Fig. erläutert. In der Fig. ist eine Packmaschine zum Auspacken von Flaschen aus Flaschenkästen in einer Seitenansicht schematisch dargestellt.An exemplary embodiment is explained below with reference to the figure. In the figure, a packaging machine for unpacking bottles from bottle crates is shown schematically in a side view.

Die Packmaschine besteht im wesentlichen aus einer vertikal ausgerichteten, ortsfest gehaltenen Gestellplatte 14, an der ein kontinuierlich umlaufend antreibbarer Träger 13 drehbar gelagert ist. Die Packmaschine besitzt insgesamt vier, jeweils aus einer Gruppe von Greiforganen 3 bestehende Packköpfe 4. Jeder Packkopf 4 ist mittels einer steuerbaren Aufhängung 12 am umlaufenden Träger 13 befestigt. Eine Aufhängung 12 besteht aus insgesamt vier Hebelarmen 15, 16, 17, 18, wobei die Hebelarme 15 und 16 schwenkbar am umlaufenden Träger 13 gelagert sind. Der Hebelarm 16 ist mit dem Hebelarm 17 und dieser mit dem den Packkopf 4 tragenden Hebelarm 18 verbunden, während der Hebelarm 15 direkt gelenkig mit dem Hebelarm 18 verbunden ist. Die Gestellplatte 14 ist mit zwei Nutkurven 19 und 20 ausgestattet, wobei eine am Hebelarm 15 befestigte Kurvenrolle 15' in die Nutkurve 20 und eine am Hebelarm 16 befestigte Kurvenrolle 16' in die Nutkurve 19 eingreift. Die Nutkurven 19 und 20 sind so gestaltet, daß sich die Packköpfe 4 bei einer Drehung des Trägers 13 in etwa auf der dargestellten Umlaufbahn 21 bewegen. Die Packköpfe 4 werden durch eine nicht dargestellte Getriebeeinrichtung während eines vollständigen Umlaufes immer in Horizontallage gehalten.The packing machine essentially consists of a vertically oriented, stationary frame plate 14 on which a continuously rotatable carrier 13 is rotatably mounted. The packing machine has a total of four packing heads 4, each consisting of a group of gripping members 3. Each packing head 4 is fastened to the rotating carrier 13 by means of a controllable suspension 12. A Suspension 12 consists of a total of four lever arms 15, 16, 17, 18, wherein the lever arms 15 and 16 are pivotally mounted on the rotating carrier 13. The lever arm 16 is connected to the lever arm 17 and this to the lever arm 18 carrying the packing head 4, while the lever arm 15 is directly articulated to the lever arm 18. The frame plate 14 is equipped with two groove curves 19 and 20, a cam roller 15 ′ attached to the lever arm 15 engaging in the groove curve 20 and a cam roller 16 ′ attached to the lever arm 16 engaging in the groove curve 19. The groove curves 19 and 20 are designed so that the packing heads 4 move approximately on the orbit 21 shown when the carrier 13 rotates. The packing heads 4 are always kept in a horizontal position by a gear mechanism (not shown) during a complete revolution.

Die Greiforgane 3 der Packköpfe 4 sind jeweils mit einem integrierten Sensor 5 zur Farberkennung ausgestattet. Auf jedem Packkopf 4 ist eine Steuereinrichtung 7 angeordnet, die mit den Sensoren 5 in Verbindung steht und unter Berücksichtigung der erkannten Flaschenfarbe die Greiffunktion der Greiforgane 3 steuert. Diese Steuereinrichtung 7 steht außerdem mit einem nicht dargestellten Stellungsgeber in Verbindung, der die momentane Drehstellung des umlaufenden Trägers 13 anzeigt.The gripping members 3 of the packing heads 4 are each equipped with an integrated sensor 5 for color recognition. A control device 7 is arranged on each packing head 4, which is connected to the sensors 5 and controls the gripping function of the gripping members 3 taking into account the recognized bottle color. This control device 7 is also connected to a position transmitter, not shown, which indicates the current rotational position of the rotating carrier 13.

Durch einen bodennah horizontal verlaufenden Kastenförderer 8 werden mit unsortiertem Leergut gefüllte Flaschenkästen 2 in Pfeilrichtung der Packmaschine zugeführt. Parallel über dem Kastenförderer 8 sind drei Förderbänder 9, 10 und 11 höhenmäßig versetzt angeordnet, wobei das Förderband 9 der ersten Gefäßabgabestation II, das Förderband 10 der zweiten Gefäßabgabestation III und das Förderband 11 der dritten Gefäßabgabestation IV zugeordnet ist. Der Antrieb der Förderbänder 9 und 10 erfolgt gleichsinnig zum Kastenförderer 8, während das Förderband 11 gegensinnig angetrieben wird. Sowohl der Kastenförderer 8 als auch die Förderbänder 9, 10 und 11 werden kontinuierlich synchron zum Träger 13 der Packmaschine angetrieben.Bottle crates 2 filled with unsorted empties are fed in the direction of the arrow to the packaging machine by a box conveyor 8 running horizontally near the floor. Parallel to the box conveyor 8 are three conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 vertically offset, the conveyor belt 9 is assigned to the first vessel delivery station II, the conveyor belt 10 to the second vessel delivery station III and the conveyor belt 11 to the third vessel delivery station IV. The conveyor belts 9 and 10 are driven in the same direction as the box conveyor 8, while the conveyor belt 11 is driven in opposite directions. Both the box conveyor 8 and the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 are continuously driven synchronously with the carrier 13 of the packaging machine.

Die die Umlaufbahn 21 bestimmenden Nutkurven 19 und 20 sind so gestaltet, daß die Packköpfe 4 und deren Greiforgane 3 im Bereich der Gefäßentnahmestation I und der Gefäßabgabestationen II, III, IV jeweils eine mit der Fördergeschwindigkeit übereinstimmende horizontale Bewegungskomponente besitzen.The groove curves 19 and 20 which determine the orbit 21 are designed such that the packing heads 4 and their gripping members 3 each have a horizontal movement component which corresponds to the conveying speed in the region of the vessel removal station I and the vessel delivery stations II, III, IV.

Ein vollständier Arbeitszyklus eines Packkopfes 4 beginnt mit dem Eintauchen der Greiforgane 3 in einen Flaschenkasten 2 im Bereich der Gefäßentnahmestation I. Sobald die Greifograne die Flaschenköpfe höhenmäßig erreicht haben, werden alle Greiforgane 3 des Packkopfes 4 durch die Steuereinrichtung 7 in die Zugriffstellung überführt, so daß nachfolgend alle in einem Flaschenkasten 2 befindlichen Flaschen 1 aus diesem herausgehoben und in Richtung zur ersten Gefäßabgabestation II transportiert werden. Während dessen erfolgt die Feststellung der Farbe jeder einzelnen Flasche durch die Sensoren 5 an den Greiforganen 3. Bei Erreichen der ersten Gefäßabgabestation II werden von der Steuereinrichtung 7 beispielsweise nur diejenigen Greiforgane 3 des Packkopfes 4 in die Grifflösestellung überführt, die zuvor aus dem Flaschenkasten 2 eine Weißglasflasche entnommen haben. Alle übrigen Greiforgane 3 verbleiben in der Zugriffsposition. Demzufolge werden an der Gefäßabgabestation II nur Weißglasflaschen freigegeben. Anschließend wird der Packkopf 4 mit den übrigen, andersfarbigen Flaschen 1 vom Förderband 9 abgehoben und in Richtung zur zweiten Gefäßabgabestation III überführt. Bei dieser Station veranlaßt die Steuereinrichtung 7 beispielsweise die Freigabe aller Grünglasflaschen auf das der Abgabestation zugeordnete Förderband 10, indem die jeweiligen Greiforgane 3 entsprechend angesteuert werden und in die Grifflösestellung überwechseln. Bei der darauffolgenden dritten Gefäßabgabestation IV werden alle übrigen sich noch in der Zugriffsposition befindenden Greiforgane 3 betätigt, so daß die verbliebenen, weder weißen noch grünen, z.B. braunen Flaschen 1 auf das Förderband 11 gestellt werden.A complete working cycle of a packing head 4 begins with the immersion of the gripping elements 3 in a bottle crate 2 in the area of the container removal station I. As soon as the height of the gripping granes has reached the bottle heads, all gripping elements 3 of the packing head 4 are moved into the access position by the control device 7, so that subsequently all bottles 1 located in a bottle crate 2 are lifted out of the latter and transported in the direction of the first container dispensing station II. During this, the color of each individual bottle is determined by the sensors 5 on the gripping members 3. When the first vessel dispensing station II is reached, the control device 7, for example, only moves those gripping members 3 of the packing head 4 into the release position transferred, which have previously taken a white glass bottle from the bottle crate 2. All other gripping members 3 remain in the access position. As a result, only white glass bottles are released at Vessel Delivery Station II. The packing head 4 with the other, differently colored bottles 1 is then lifted off the conveyor belt 9 and transferred in the direction of the second container dispensing station III. At this station, the control device 7 causes, for example, the release of all the green glass bottles on the conveyor belt 10 assigned to the delivery station, in that the respective gripping members 3 are actuated accordingly and change over to the handle release position. In the subsequent third vessel delivery station IV, all the other gripping members 3 still in the access position are actuated, so that the remaining bottles, neither white nor green, for example brown, are placed on the conveyor belt 11.

Die nach Farben sortierten Leerflaschen können von den Förderbändern 9, 10 und 11 einem Flaschenlager oder Einpackmaschinen zum Einsetzen der sortierten Flaschen in Kästen zugeführt werden. Es ist aber denkbar, daß zumindest eines der Förderbänder direkt zu einer Flaschenreinigungs- und Füllinie führt.The empty bottles sorted by color can be fed from the conveyor belts 9, 10 and 11 to a bottle store or packing machines for inserting the sorted bottles into boxes. However, it is conceivable that at least one of the conveyor belts leads directly to a bottle cleaning and filling line.

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Verfahren zum Entnehmen von Gefäßen aus Transportbehältern, insbesondere Flaschen oder dgl. aus Kästen oder Kartons, unter Berücksichtigung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale, insbesondere Farbe, Form oder Höhe, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein in einem Transportbehälter befindliches Gefäß von einem steuerbaren Greiforgan entnommen wird und das Greiforgan an mehreren Gefäßabgabestationen vorbeiführbar ist, wobei das Gefäß in Abhängigkeit eines oder mehrerer Merkmale vom Greiforgan an einer bestimmten Gefäßabgabestation freigebbar ist.Method for removing vessels from transport containers, in particular bottles or the like. From boxes or cartons, taking into account certain vessel characteristics, in particular color, shape or height, characterized in that a vessel located in a transport container is removed from a controllable gripping member and the gripping member A plurality of vessel delivery stations can be passed, the vessel depending on one or more features being released by the gripping member at a particular vessel delivery station. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erkennung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale vor dem Erfassen und Entnehmen der Gefäße aus einem Transportbehälter erfolgt.A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the detection of certain vessel features takes place before the vessels are detected and removed from a transport container. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erkennung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale beim Erfassen oder während dem anschließenden Transport durch ein Gefäßorgan erfolgt.A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the detection of certain vascular features takes place during the detection or during the subsequent transport by a vascular organ. Verfahren nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erkennung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale durch das Greiforgan selbst mittels zugeordneter Vorrichtungen oder Sensoren erfolgt.Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the gripping member itself recognizes certain vascular features by means of assigned devices or sensors. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan auf einer bei jedem Arbeitszyklus gleichförmigen Bewegungsbahn zwangsgeführt wird.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the gripping member is positively guided on a movement path which is uniform in each working cycle. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan auf einer geschlossenen Bewegungsbahn mit gleichbleibendem Umlaufsinn, insbesondere kontinuierlich zwangsgeführt wird.A method according to claim 5, characterized in that the gripping member is positively guided, in particular continuously, on a closed movement path with a constant sense of rotation. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Gefäßabgabestationen versetzt entlang der Bewegungsbahn des Greiforgans angeordnet sind und das Greiforgan nacheinander jeder Gefäßabgabestation zugeführt wird.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vessel delivery stations are arranged offset along the movement path of the gripping member and the gripping member is successively fed to each vessel delivery station. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Bewegungsbahn des Greifkopfes im wesentlichen in einer vertikalen Ebene liegt.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movement path of the gripping head lies essentially in a vertical plane. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die an den Gefäßabgabestationen freigegebenen Gefäße kontinuierlich abgeführt werden.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vessels released at the vessel dispensing stations are continuously removed. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die an den Gefäßabgabestationen freigegebenen Gefäße gesammelt oder in Behälter gestellt werden.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the vessels released at the vessel dispensing stations are collected or placed in containers. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Entnahme der Gefäße aus den Transportbehältern während der Förderbewegung der Transportbehälter erfolgt.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the containers are removed from the transport containers during the conveying movement of the transport containers. Verfahren nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß alle in einem Transportbehälter befindlichen Gefäße gleichzeitig von einer Gruppe von Greiforganen erfaßt und entnommen werden, die Gruppe von Greiforganen an den Gefäßabgabestationen vorbeigeführt wird und jedes Greiforgan der Gruppe zur Freigabe des von ihm gehaltenen Gefäßes an einer der Gefäßabgabestation einzeln in Abhängigkeit der festgestellten Gefäßmerkmale ansteuer- und betätigbar ist.Method according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that all the vessels in a transport container are simultaneously grasped and removed by a group of gripping members, the group of gripping members is guided past the vessel delivery stations and each gripping member of the group for releasing the vessel held by it can be controlled and actuated individually at one of the vessel delivery stations depending on the vessel characteristics determined. Verfahren nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß an der letzten Gefäßabgabestation vor der Gefäßentnahmestation jedes noch verbliebene Gefäß unabhängig von seinen Merkmalen freigegeben wird.A method according to claim 12, characterized in that at the last vessel delivery station before the vessel removal station, each remaining vessel is released regardless of its characteristics. Packmaschine zum Entnehmen von Gefäßen (1) aus Transportbehältern (2), insbesondere Flaschen oder dgl. aus Kästen oder Kartons, mit wenigstens einem von einer Gefäßentnahmestation (I) zu einer Gefäßabgabestation (II) und zurück überführbaren Greiforgan (3), das unter Berücksichtigung bestimmter, durch eine Prüfeinrichtung (5) erkennbare Gefäßmerkmale steuerbar ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan (3) nach der Gefäßentnahmestation (I) an mehreren Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV), vorbeiführbar und so ansteuerbar ist, daß ein ein bestimmtes Merkmal aufweisendes Gefäß (1) an einer bestimmten Gefäßabgabestation (II, III, IV) freigebbar ist.Packing machine for removing vessels (1) from transport containers (2), in particular bottles or the like from boxes or cartons, with at least one gripping member (3) that can be transferred from a vessel removal station (I) to a vessel delivery station (II) and back, taking this into account Certain vessel features recognizable by a test device (5) can be controlled, characterized in that the gripping member (3) after the vessel removal station (I) can be guided past several vessel delivery stations (II, III, IV) and can be controlled such that a certain feature having vessel (1) can be released at a particular vessel delivery station (II, III, IV). Packmaschine nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Prüfeinrichtung zur Erkennung bestimmter Gefäßmerkmale der Packmaschine vorgeordnet ist.Packing machine according to claim 14, characterized in that the test device for recognizing certain vascular features is arranged upstream of the packing machine. Packmaschine nach Anspruch 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß dem Greiforgan (3) eine Prüfeinrichtung (5) oder mehrere Prüfelemente zur Erkennung von Gefäßmerkmalen, insbesondere zur Erkennung der Farbe oder Höhe, zugeordnet sind.Packing machine according to claim 14, characterized in that the gripping member (3) is assigned a test device (5) or several test elements for recognizing vascular features, in particular for recognizing the color or height. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Betätigung des Greiforgans (3) zum Erfassen oder Abgeben eines Gefäßes (1) durch eine Steuereinrichtung (7) erfolgt, die mit einer stationären Prüfeinrichtung oder an den Greiforganen (3) angeordneten Prüfeinrichtungen (5) in Verbindung steht.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 16, characterized in that the actuation of the gripping member (3) for gripping or dispensing a vessel (1) is carried out by a control device (7) which is operated with a stationary test device or on the gripping members (3 ) arranged test equipment (5) is connected. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 17, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mehrere Greiforgane (3) zu einem Packkopf (4) zusammengefaßt sind, aber die Greiffunktion jedes einzelnen Greiforgans (3) unabhängig von den benachbarten steuerbar ist.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 17, characterized in that several gripping members (3) are combined to form a packing head (4), but the gripping function of each individual gripping member (3) can be controlled independently of the neighboring ones. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß den Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV) antreibbare Fördermittel (9, 10, 11) zum Abführen der sortierten Gefäße (1) zugeordnet sind.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 18, characterized in that conveyable means (9, 10, 11) which can be driven to discharge the sorted containers (1) are assigned to the container delivery stations (II, III, IV). Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 19, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Transportbehälter (2) durch einen antreibbaren Behälterförderer (8) der Packmaschine zuführbar sind.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 19, characterized in that the transport containers (2) can be fed to the packaging machine by a drivable container conveyor (8). Packmaschine nach Anspruch 19 und 20, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fördermittel (9, 10, 11) der Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV) über dem Behälterförderer (8) angeordnet sind, vorzugsweise parallel und fluchtend zu diesem.Packing machine according to claims 19 and 20, characterized in that the conveying means (9, 10, 11) of the vessel dispensing stations (II, III, IV) are arranged above the container conveyor (8), preferably in parallel and in alignment therewith. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 21, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Fördermittel (9, 10, 11) der Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV) höhenmäßig, insbesondere treppenartig versetzt zueinander angeordnet sind.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 21, characterized in that the conveying means (9, 10, 11) of the vessel dispensing stations (II, III, IV) are arranged offset in height, in particular step-like, from one another. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 22, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan (3) oder ein Packkopf (4) im Bereich der Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV) und der Gefäßentnahmestation (I) eine horizontale Bewegungskomponente aufweist, die mit der Fördergeschwindigkeit des Behälterförderers (8) und der Fördermittel (9, 10, 11) übereinstimmt.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 22, characterized in that the Gripping member (3) or a packing head (4) in the area of the vessel delivery stations (II, III, IV) and the vessel removal station (I) has a horizontal movement component which, with the conveying speed of the container conveyor (8) and the conveying means (9, 10, 11 ) matches. Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 23, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan (3) oder ein mehrere Greiforgane aufweisender Packkopf (4) durch eine zwangsgesteuerte Aufhängung (12) von der Gefäßentnahmestation (I) zu den Gefäßabgabestationen (II, III, IV) und zurück überführt wird und vorzugsweise die Aufhängung (12) auf einem kontinuierlich antreibbaren Träger (13) befestigt ist.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 23, characterized in that the gripping member (3) or a packing head (4) having a plurality of gripping members is moved by a positively controlled suspension (12) from the vessel removal station (I) to the vessel delivery stations (II, III, IV) and transferred back and preferably the suspension (12) is attached to a continuously drivable support (13). Packmaschine nach Anspruch 24, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mehrere Packköpfe (4) mittels zwangssteuerbarer Aufhängungen (12) am Träger (13) in Umlaufrichtung beabstandet befestigt sind.Packing machine according to Claim 24, characterized in that a plurality of packing heads (4) are fastened to the carrier (13) at a distance from one another by means of positively controllable suspensions (12). Packmaschine nach wenigstens einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche 14 bis 25, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Greiforgan (3) oder der Packkopf (4) während eines vollständigen Arbeitszykluses im wesentlichen in einer vertikalen Ebene umläuft.Packing machine according to at least one of the preceding claims 14 to 25, characterized in that the gripping member (3) or the packing head (4) rotates essentially in a vertical plane during a complete working cycle.
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